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Become a Sponsor

The Certification Maintenance Program (CMP) relies heavily on our approved sponsors. They help maintain the integrity of the CMP and ensure that interpreters have ample and varied opportunities to learn, grow and further develop their skills. Sponsors are subject to ongoing monitoring, including auditing, which ensures that their activities are of the highest quality and meet the needs of the program and the participants.

New CMP Sponsor Applications Temporarily Suspended

One of the tasks that the RID Board of Directors has given to the 2009-2011 Professional Development Committee (PDC) is an initiative to “review the original goals and intentions of the CMP, review and evaluate all aspects of the current CMP to determine whether the program is succeeding in its mission, research policies and procedures currently practiced by other certification programs in the industry (including comparing recertification vs. continuing maintenance programs), and make recommendations for improving CMP policies and procedures.”

In order to allow the PDC to focus on preparing to execute these charges, RID will not accept new Sponsor Applications after June 30, 2010. This temporary suspension of the CMP Sponsor application process will remain in effect until the Board’s initiative has been fulfilled. 

All applications that are currently under review and all applications received at the National Office through June 30, 2010 will be submitted to the PDC and fully processed. Those who submit applications that are approved will become RID CMP Sponsors under the current CMP policies and procedures. 

Current CMP Sponsors will continue to process RID CEUs under the current CMP policies and procedures. If changes are made to the CMP upon completion of the review, Sponsors will be fully informed of the changes with clear guidance.

If you have any questions, please contact LJ Morris at LMorris@rid.org.

Sponsor Responsibilities

Sponsors are responsible for:

• Paying the yearly sponsor fee.
  • Organizations pay $250
  • RID affiliate chapters pay $150
  • Individuals pay $125
• Offering, endorsing and ensuring the quality and educational integrity of activities offered for CEUs. The sponsor has the right to deny sponsorship of an activity if it lacks valid educational outcomes or measurable and observable learning objectives.
• Ensuring that they and their agents avoid conflict of interest, which includes a continuing education administrator monitoring his or her own independent study or PINRA activities.
• Maintaining membership in RID at the appropriate level for the duration of their approved sponsor status (Organizational sponsors receive a free RID membership when they pay their yearly sponsor fee).
• Deciding if they want to charge a fee for processing RID CEUs.

• A Yahoo group for sponsors where you can discuss situations, ask for opinions and give feedback with other sponsors.
• Access to sponsor-only features when you log into your account, including online sponsor dues payment and online form submission.
• The CMP Standards & Criteria for Approved Sponsors (pdf), which helps answers questions you may have as a sponsor
• Online listing in the RID searchable database of sponsors so that members can quickly and easily find a sponsor.
• Organizational sponsors receive a free RID membership when they pay their yearly sponsor fee. Membership includes a quarterly complimentary copy of VIEWS, RID’s newsletter, and the annual publication, The Journal of Interpretation.